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Odisha records 628 new cases; 2 govt offices sealed
Odisha on Friday recorded 628 fresh Covid-19 cases pushing the tally to 10,18,926, and two government offices were closed for two days after five cases were reported from the employees, officials said.
Out of the total fresh cases, 96 are children aged below 18 years. While 367 have been detected from the quarantine centres and 261 are local contacts, the information and public relation department said.
Khordha district continued to report the highest fresh infections with 291 cases, followed by Cuttack district with 72 cases, Jagatsinghpur (26), Sundergarh (23), Balasore (22) and Mayurbhanj (22). Among other districts, Balangir, Deogarh and Ganjam districts reported only one fresh case each.
Seven districts — Boudh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Sonepura — did not report any new cases in the past 24 hours, the department said.
The State has also reported four fresh fatalities, raising the toll to 8,122. Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Khordha districts have reported one death case each.
As 10,04,845 people have recovered from the Covid-19 infection, the active cases stood at 5,906 in the State.
Meanwhile, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) ordered closure of offices of sub-collector office and Tehsil office in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar for two days (Friday and Saturday) following the detection of five cases among the employees.
The positive persons have been directed to remain in home isolation. If required medical attention, they can inform the BMC immediately, it said.
Mumbai: Police has claimed to have arrested a Nigerian with cocaine in the limits of Maloney police station and 180 grams of cocaine have been seized from his possession. Police searched Manuchi Agwa alias Oliver Agwa, 27, during a patrol and recovered cocaine from his possession. Along with the cocaine, a total of Rs 72 lakhs has been seized from the possession of the Nigerian. The police have registered a case under the NDPS Act and started investigation.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: Crime Branch raids travel agency… Fraud in the name of sending abroad illegally, police action, case registered
Mumbai: Several travel agencies in Mumbai’s Nagpara area are defrauding people under the guise of sending them abroad. Such a complaint was received by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch. These agencies do not have any permission from the Ministry of External Affairs and they charge huge amounts of money from people in the name of sending them abroad for jobs. Under the influence of the Ministry of External Affairs, the Protector of Emigrants, Bandra, in collaboration with the Mumbai Crime Branch unit, conducted a joint operation. A raid was conducted on 9 offices in KD Building, Nagpara, which were working to send them abroad without any permission. A complaint was also received regarding them. 238 passports, several documents, offer letters, visiting cards, letters used for foreign use and other documents were also recovered from their offices. The police have registered a case against them under the Passport Act, including the Immigration Act, in Nagpara. The police are investigating the matter further. This operation was carried out by DCP Raj Tilak Roshan on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti.
Mumbai: The court has convicted the accused in the case of sexual abuse of a girl under the limits of Kasturba police station. A case of sexual abuse was registered against the accused Naresh Kumar Harish Kumar 44 under the Pisco Act. The accused has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of Rs 2000, otherwise three months in prison by the Dandoshi court in this case. The accused has been convicted due to the better investigation of this case. Kasturba police had filed a charge sheet in this case after investigation and now the punishment has been given in this case.
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